South Africa: Rules and Practice Notes of Superior Courts

January 2022

• Limpopo High Court (Polowane) Practice Directive 01/2022 [2022] ZARC 27 (17 January 2022)

February 2022

• Notice to all Litigation Attorneys in Gauteng in re: Clarification of Civil Trial Roll Process: Johannesburg [2022] ZARC 1 (3 February 2022)
• Clarification Notice: In re Directive 01 of 2021; Chapter 8, Trials Interlocutory Court [2022] ZARC 2 (21 February 2022)

March 2022

• Practice Directive Clarification in re Paragraph 20 of the Judge President's Practice Directive 01 of 2021 [2022] ZARC 3 (7 March 2022)
• Mode of Hearings in the Johannesburg High Court in the Second and Third Terms of 2022 [2022] ZARC 4 (25 March 2022)
• The Johannesburg Unopposed Motion Court in Second and Third Term of 2022 [2022] ZARC 5 (31 March 2022)

April 2022

• Court Direction - Supreme Court of Appeal Hearings from 1 May 2022 [2022] ZARC 14 (5 April 2022)

June 2022

• Replacement and Additions to the Western Cape High Court Practice Directives Effective 01 June 2022 [2022] ZARC 13 (1 June 2022)
• Revised Commercial Court Practice Directive with effect from 01 June 2022 [2022] ZARC 6 (2 June 2022)
• Schedule 1 to the Commercial Court Practice Directives [2022] ZARC 7 (2 June 2022)
• Limpopo Division, Polokwane Judge President's Directive no 06/2022 with effect from 7 June 2022 [2022] ZARC 26 (2 June 2022)
• Directive for the Family Court in the Johannesburg High Court [2022] ZARC 9 (6 June 2022)
• Revision of Chapter 8 of the Judge President's Practice Directive 01 of 2021 to Achieve Clarity on the Scope of the Special Interlocutory Court (with effect from17 June 2022, the substantive amendments are underlined) [2022] ZARC 8 (7 June 2022)
• Notice to the Legal Profession - The Right of Audience of a Legal Practitioner Before the Taxing Master [2022] ZARC 10 (14 June 2022)
• Piloting of the Court Online System in Gauteng [2022] ZARC 11 (27 June 2022)

July 2022

• Regulation of Modes of Court Hearings in Physical Courtrooms and by Video-Link with Effect from 18 July 2022 in Both Pretoria and Johannesburg [2022] ZARC 12 (8 July 2022)

September 2022

• Directive on Change of Names of Court Seats: Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa [2022] ZARC 15 (7 September 2022)
• Protocol: Emergency Arrangements when Court Online is Inaccessible [2022] ZARC 16 (12 September 2022)
• Western Cape Division of the High Court Judge President's Directive: Consultations at Court [2022] ZARC 19 (26 September 2022)
• Directive 3 of 2022: Judge President's Protocols & Clarity [2022] ZARC 17 (29 September 2022)

October 2022

• Protocol for the Hearings of Applications for Admissions as Legal Practitioners in the Johannesburg High Court [2022] ZARC 18 (4 October 2022)
• Gauteng Division, Johannesburg Caseflow Turnaround Times [2022] ZARC 20 (7 October 2022)
• Directive on Change of Name of the East London Circuit Local Division: Eastern Cape Division [2022] ZARC 21 (17 October 2022)
• Gauteng Division of the High Court: Priority of Courts [2022] ZARC 22 (27 October 2022)

November 2022

• Practice Manual of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court [2022] ZARC 23 (9 November 2022)
• Revisions to the Judge President's Practice Directive 01 of 2021 as amended on 08 July 2022 [2022] ZARC 24 (9 November 2022)

December 2022

• Revisions to the Judge President's Practice Directive 01 of 2021 as Amended on 08 July 2022 [2022] ZARC 25 (1 December 2022)